2024 ← EnglanTY

TiTaRa: Between Science and Magic Symposium Through the Eyes of an Assistant

Nov

15

2024

The TiTaRa: Between Science and Magic Symposium was a great success! The symposium was held on 10–11 October here in Turku together with the Finnish Network of Magic Studies to explore topics such as Western esotericism, magic, witchcraft and early sciences bordering them (such as alchemy and astrology). Participants arrived from around the world, and ...

Tracing the Complicities of Colonial Violence

Oct

7

2024

On a warm Saturday morning, on 24 August 2024, a small audience gathered to celebrate Amin Beiranvand as he defended his doctoral dissertation Gendered Sexual Violence and Complicity: A Postcolonial Study of Selected Works by J. M. Coetzee. Professor Joel Kuortti acted as custos and adjunct professor John Stotesbury from the University of Eastern Finland ...

Doctoral researcher exploring the FINSSE-11 conference: What is the role of non-human animals when it comes to sustainability in English studies?

Aug

13

2024

FINSSE, the Finnish Society for the Study of English, was founded in 1998 “to advance university-level research and teaching in Finland of the English language, literatures in English and cultures of English-speaking peoples”. Biennially, a FINSSE conference is organised “to bring together university teachers, scholars and advanced students from all fields of English studies.” This ...

A harmony of work and play – Working as a conference assistant in the Trextuality conference

May

2

2024

Serving as a conference assistant and project intern is an excellent decision. Please, let me tell you why! The info desk of the Trextuality conference, occupied by two conference assistants (taken by the Trextuality social media team) I attended the Trextuality conference as an assistant and project intern. The conference was aimed at scholars working ...

Unraveling the Complexities of Competence

Apr

8

2024

Earlier this spring, I had the opportunity to attend an eye-opening event on the “complexities of competence”, namely, Marja-Leena Niitemaa’s doctoral defense on Complexities of Competence: A Study on Finnish Upper-secondary Lexical Development and Use of L2 English. I had no idea what to expect, other than it was a formal event, and, I imagined, ...